By Brian Kemble
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 – 7:00 pm Pacific Time (California)

Members and visitors can attend in person in San Francisco,
or register or join the meeting in progress on Zoom.

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Program Description

In July 2018, Brian Kemble and Walker Young traveled to Ethiopia for two weeks, along with John Miller (president of the Institute for Aloe Studies) and Tom Cole (author of Aloes of Uganda). Although the trip was planned around visiting various Aloe localities, there were of course many other interesting plants encountered along the way, including tree-sized euphorbias, a variety of stapeliads, and alpine kniphofias. The habitat types seen were incredibly diverse, from desert to savannah to thorn-forest to jungle to alpine tundra (punctuated by stands of giant lobelias). It was certainly a change of pace to be in a country where a traffic jam usually meant having to weave your way through camels, donkeys and goats!ts.

About our Speaker

Brian Kemble is the Curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, and a frequent contributor to books and journals concerned with succulent plants.

Show & tell table: Sempervivum on the succulent side, Coryphantha on the cactus table, and Burseraceae (Bursera,Commiphora, Boswellia) for pachyforms, plus anything else that’s looking good or in flower.

Featured grower: TBD.

Snack table:, There will be a shared spread, but we suggest bringing something every couple of months if you partake regularly. As a thought, we are often short on drinks. 

Meeting Agenda

7:00 Mingling and announcements
7:30 Formal presentation starts promptly with Society business
7:35 Show and Tell Table
7:50 Leg stretch
7:55 Featured presentation

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Watch Online

On Zoom: Register or join the meeting in progress.

We will attempt to simulcast on our YouTube channel.

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